Evansville Purple Aces

Wood Selig hires coaches he knows and coaches who know his university and/or its region. That is his history as an athletic director, at not only Old Dominion but also Western Kentucky. Since replacing department icon Jim Jarrett in 2010, Selig has hired eight head coaches at ODU. Six had ties to the school and/or Hampton Roads. At Western Kentucky, Selig hired two head coaches each in men’s basketball and football coaches. All had WKU connections. Selig has elevated assistants and interims. He has brought graduates and former assistants home. That MO should inform any handicapping of Selig’s search for ODU’s next men’s basketball coach, a search that...

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